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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “amanda machin”
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  • Political Identification in Europe

    Community in Crisis?

    Edited by Amanda Machin, Nadine Meidert ...
    In recent years, Europe has been buffeted by a series of contested crises that seemingly undermine and overwhelm its institutions and ideals: the economic shocks of 2008, the open disputes over migration, the political uncertainty generated by Brexit and the inroads made by various populist and nationalist parties into government.These interconnected trends have exposed the myth of a cohesive ... Read more

    $86.09 USD

  • Nations and Democracy

    New Theoretical Perspectives

    by Amanda Machin ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Democratic Theory
    A figure of enduring ingenuity, the nation has for centuries played a part on the socio-political stage. Whether centre stage or background scenery, it has featured in violent tragedies, revolutionary drama and nostalgic fable. Today, the nation is cast simultaneously in the roles of villain and hero. While it is renounced by those advocating trans-national, post-national and cosmopolitan forms of ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Against Political Compromise

    Saving Democratic Debate

    by Alexander Ruser, Amanda Machin ...
    Political compromise is emerging as a preferred solution for numerous apparently intractable problems. Many have pointed to the rising degree of political polarisation around issues such as climate change, immigration and abortion. These are ‘wicked problems’ that are clearly not conducive to any sort of political consensus. The groups and individuals who are party to these issues disagree, often ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Society And Climate: Transformations And Challenges

    by Nico Stehr, Amanda Machin ...
    Climate has for a long time been a taken-for-granted background against which social, political and economic interactions have taken place. But this taken-for-granted background is cleaving. It is becoming hard to ignore the potential repercussions of a changing climate, and the uneven impact of certain forms of human society and energy cultures that risk undermining their own environmental ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

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    From the award-winning team behind the International Encyclopaedia of Political Science...Moving beyond mainstream "traditional" approaches to bring you a new advanced-level introduction to political science.A perfect introduction for postgraduates who are new to political science, as well as upper-level undergraduates looking to broaden and deepen their understanding of core topics, this ... Read more

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  • Habermas

    A Very Short Introduction

    by James Gordon Finlayson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This book gives a clear and readable overview of the philosophical work of Jürgen Habermas, the most influential German philosopher alive today, who has commented widely on subjects such as Marxism, the importance and effectiveness of communication, the reunification of Germany, and the European Union. Gordon Finlayson provides readers with a clear and readable overview of Habermas's forbiddingly ... Read more

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  • Red Skin, White Masks

    Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition

    by Glen Sean Coulthard ...
    Series series Indigenous Americas
    WINNER OF:Frantz Fanon Outstanding Book from the Caribbean Philosophical AssociationCanadian Political Science Association’s C.B. MacPherson PrizeStudies in Political Economy Book PrizeOver the past forty years, recognition has become the dominant mode of negotiation and decolonization between the nation-state and Indigenous nations in North America. The term “recognition” shapes debates over ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Ideology

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael Freeden ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reasons for those views, and explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking. It investigates the centrality of ideology both as a political phenomenon and as an organizing framework of political thought and action. It explores ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A Dream Deferred

    The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America

    by Shelby Steele ...
    Award-winning author Shelby Steele's essay collection A Dream Deferred reveals the untold story behind the polarized racial politics in America today.A New York Times Notable BookThrough thought-provoking insights, National Book Critics Circle Award Winner Shelby Steele argues that a second betrayal of black freedom in the United States—the first one being segregation—emerged from the civil rights ... Read more

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  • Media and Morality

    On the Rise of the Mediapolis

    by Roger Silverstone ...
    Roger Silverstone's compelling new book places the global media at the heart of the moral future of civilisation. It argues that the media (the press, broadcasting, the Internet and increasingly peer-to-peer technologies and networks) have a profound significance for the way in which the world is understood by its citizens. It also argues that without a clear understanding of that significance, ... Read more

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  • The Forest and the Trees

    Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise

    by Allan Johnson ...
    New Third Edition!If sociology could teach everyone just one thing, what would it be? The Forest and the Trees is one sociologist's response to the hypothetical-the core insight with the greatest potential to change how people see the world and themselves in relation to it.This Third Edition features:• Updated key references, data, resources, and examples, from global warming, Obama's election, ... Read more

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  • A Community of Europeans?

    Transnational Identities and Public Spheres

    by Thomas Risse ...
    In A Community of Europeans? a thoughtful observer of the ongoing project of European integration evaluates the state of the art about European identity and European public spheres. Thomas Risse argues that integration has had profound and long-term effects on the citizens of EU countries, most of whom now have at least a secondary "European identity" to complement their national identities. Risse ... Read more

    $23.79 USD